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CFD stands for Contract For Difference. The CFD is a very suitable instrument for trading stocks, indices, forex and commodities like gold, silver and oil. Cfd's offer the possibility to trade with leverage and to define the leverage yourself. Cfd's offer the investor a lot of freedom and possibilities. That explains the increasing popularity of this relatively new trading instrument among investors worldwide. A more extensive explanation about what cfd's are and how a cfd works, you can find in the article: What is cfd trading? - cfd's explained.

CFD BROKERS

There are different cfd brokers that offer cfd trading. Before choosing one it is always a good idea to compare them on a number of features. Read more about it in the article: How to choose a good cfd broker.

Here is a short list of the worlds best and most reliable cfd brokers:

Risk warning: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money

Markets.com

Markets.com is a highly regarded broker that offers a solid tradingplatform with a lot of possibillities. They have more than outstanding service and multilingual support.

A very good and reliable broker. A good choice for starting, as wel as more advanced traders.

Trade.com is a highly regarded broker. They offer a solid trading platform and very competitive spreads. Check out their free demo account or open a real account and give them a try.

eToro

eToro is one of the most innovative cfd brokers. They offer a whole range of services and trading possibilities. The main purpose of this is to make the novice trader familiar with forex and cfd trading. But also the more experienced trader can get what he wants at eToro. One of the main features of eToro is Copy trading. You can copy the best traders directly and automatically in your account.

*75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Returns achieved in the past, offer no guarantee for the future.

Very volatile, non-regulated investment product. No EU protection for investors.

PLUS500

A well known and very popular cfd broker*. They have an excellent and very user friendly trading platform. The excecution of orders is direct and without transaction costs. With Plus500 it is very easy to open a demoaccount to practice and learn trading cfd's and to get to know the trading platform.

*Risk warning: 80.6% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money

Plus500UK Ltd authorised & regulated by the FCA (#509909).

AVATRADE

AVATRADE is a very professional forex-/CFD broker Which offers a very professional trading environment. They make use of their own very advanced tradingplatform AVA-Trader, but you can also choose for the international highly regarded Metatrader 4 platform. Next to forex, AVATRADE enables you to trade a wide variety of stocks, commodities, indices and ETF's. Next to that they offer very good support. AVATRADE is the right broker for the more advanced trader, but also the novice can get what he wants.